
dowable [dou-uh-buh l] Word Origin adjective Law.
- subject to the provision of a dower: dowable land.
- entitled to dower.
Origin of dowable 1425–75; late Middle English Anglo-French; see endow, -able British Dictionary definitions for dowable dowable adjective law
- capable of being endowed
- (of a person, esp a widow) entitled to dower